A monk asked, ‘Master Ma, why do you say that mind is Buddha?’
Zen
Present! — Shunryu Suzuki Roshi
Present! Talks of Shunryu Suzuki Roshi (Around 26 minutes) Talks at Tassajara Zen Mountain Centre.
The Four Vows. Harada Sekkei Roshi
As expressed in these words, we vow to awaken to the Way of Buddha. To receive the precepts means that by repeatedly making repentance, it is possible to awaken to the Dharma and this is why we chant these vows. Using these four vows as a common guide for all mankind…
Tathata or Suchness
When I first came across this word ‘Suchness’ in Zen literature, I thought, ‘What the heck is Suchness?
Sermon of No Words, and Anti-Sermon of No Words, by Trevor Leggett
It is a sermon not by exhortation, reasoning or threats but by example…
An introduction to Zen
Short video (4mins): ‘An introduction to Zen’
Land of the Disappearing Buddha
This is an old film about Buddhism in Japan, but well worth watching.
There is a treasure in our own house, by Trevor Leggett
This comes again and again. There is something hidden even in the terrible experiences we have, which ― if we have spiritual sight and discrimination ― we can find. There is a treasure in our own house which we often don’t see. We can say, ‘Well, how can there be?’…
